Aprilio Perkasa Manganang (born Aprilia Santini Manganang; April 27, 1992, in Tahuna, North Sulawesi) is an Indonesian volleyball player who competed as a woman but was later determined to be an

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male post-retirement. He was a member of Indonesia women's national team. He played in

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for the

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as an import player.

Early life

Manganang was born in Tahuna,

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. He was born with

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, but due to the lack of medical facilities in his hometown he would only be aware of this condition later in life after his volleyball career. He was assigned as female at birth and was raised as a girl. Manganang reportedly felt different than girls of his age.

Career

Club

Manganang played in multiple local club teams in Indonesia and received various tournament awards. With his vertical leap and powerful attacks, he received awards in the

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-based tournament named

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. He played as an import in

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for the

and won the championship and Most Valuable Player award.

National team

Manganang represented

in international volleyball tournaments including the Southeast Asian Games and the

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. At the

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, the Philippine national team filed a protest which disputed Manganang's gender but was cleared by the FIVB.

Post-retirement

Manganang announced his retirement from volleyball in September 2020 at age 28. He then entered the

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after retiring. It was in February 2021, that he learned of his

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and his

condition. He underwent corrective surgery and had his legal gender changed from female to male, and change his name from "Aprilia Santini" to "Aprilio Perkasa". The

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also agreed to not strip the women's volleyball titles won by Manganang saying that he has no fault.

Clubs

* Alko Indramayu (2011–2012) * Jakarta BNI Taplus (2012–2013) * Manokwari Valeria Papua Barat (2013–2014) *

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(2014–2017) * Jakarta PGN Popsivo (2018–2019) * Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech (2019-loan) * Bandung BJB Pakuan (2019–2020)

Awards

Individual

* '' 2014–2015 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Best scorer"'' * '' 2014–2015 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Best opposite hitter"'' * '' 2015–2016 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Best opposite hitter"'' * '' 2016 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2016–2017 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Best scorer"'' * '' 2016–2017 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2017 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup "Best outside hitter"'' * '' 2018–2019 Indonesian Women's Proliga "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2019 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League "Most valuable player"''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manganang, Aprilia Indonesian women's volleyball players 1992 births Living people Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Intersex sportspeople Intersex men 21st-century Indonesian LGBTQ people